Hasp-fastener.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HASP-FASTENER- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 26, 1907.

Application filed December 9, 1905. Serial No. 291,108.

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES LAWRENCE BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, and a residentof Morris, District 10, Indian Territory, have invented a new and Improved Hasp-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention is particularly adapted for use in connection with a hasp and staple, and to so construct the latch that it will be carried by the hasp in position for lockingengagement with the staple, and, further, to so construct the said latch that the latch and hasp may be simultaneously operated by one hand, thus rendering the device very desirable upon barn and similar doors, as well as upon the doors of twine-boxes for reapers, binders, and the like.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is an enlarged front elevation of a portion of a box or holder provided with my improved hasp-fastener. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The present embodiment of the hasp-fastener comprises a hasp 20, which may be fastened to the door A of the box and is pro vided with a longitudinal slot 21, adapted to receive a staple 19, secured to the body B of the box, when the said door A is closed. The slot 21 is just long enough to neatly receive the staple 19, and a guide-staple 22 is secured to the hasp, a limb of which said guide-staple 22 is at each end of the slot 21 in the hasp, as is particularly shown in Fig. 3, so that when the hasp has received the staple 19 the staple will be within the guide-staple 22.

The guide-staple 22 is adapted to carry a latch-arm C, which is preferably weighted at its lower end, so as to normally extend perpendicularly. At the outer end of the said latcharmO an open loop or hook 23 is formed, and this open loop or hook loosely receives the bow-section of the staple 22. At the inner end of the said latch-arm C, at the side opposite to that carrying the hook 23, an upwardly-extending finger 24 is formed, usually integrally with the said latch-arm, and when the staple 19 has passed through the slot 21 in the hasp, the said finger 24 will extend up into the staple 19, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and hold the hasp locked to the staple. When it is desired to open the door, it is simply necessary to draw the lower end of the latch-arm C outward, whereupon the finger 24. is carried away from the staple 19 and the door may then be readily opened. If it is desired to lock the door partially open, this is accomplished by causing an inclined recess 24 in the lower end of the latch-arm C to be received by a convenient support, (not shown,) and in order that the said latch-arm shall not have lateral or side movement on the guide-staple 22 said staple is provided with a flattened surface 25 at each side of the latcharm, as is also shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a hasp-fastener, a hasp having a bow extension, and a latch pivoted to the extension, the said latch comprising a weighted handle, and a latch-finger extending rearwardly and upwardly from the pivot portion of the handle, and on the opposite side from the connection of the handle with the extension.

2. A hasp and a staple for the same, the said hasp being provided with a longitudinal slot to receive the staple, a bow extension from the said hasp, the limbs of which extension are at the end portions of the said slot, a latch-handle pivoted at its upper end upon the said bow extension, the said handle being provided with a rearwardly and upwardly curved locking-finger adapted to enter the staple when the latch-handle is in its normal or perpendicular position.

3. A hasp and a staple for the same, said hasp having a longitudinal slot to receive the staple, a bow extension from the hasp, the limbs of the extension being at the end portions of the slot, and a latch engaging the staple and the bow, whereby to lock the parts.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES LAWRENCE BAILEY.

Witnesses:

JAooB S. BAILEY, DAVID M. SMITH. 

